UK CHARTS: Max Payne beats Diablo in battle of the 3s

Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 has beaten Blizzard’s Diablo III to the No.1 spot in the UKIA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.

It’s Rockstar’s first No.1 since LA Noire almost a year ago. It’s the first time that a Max Payne title has claimed No.1 in the UK, bettering the week-one performance of Max Payne 2 by a ratio of 10-1.

It’s also the biggest all formats No.1 since Mass Effect 3 in March.

Despite its Tuesday release, Blizzard’s Diablo III failed to beat Rockstar’s action outing by a margin of 8,000 units, despite being the 12th fastest selling PC game ever in the UK – beating both of the last two Football manager outings.

The numbers don’t, of course, take into account the sizable digital sales the game would have attracted over Blizzard’s Battle.net.

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